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I KNOW this is long. but stick with it.
preface: i have four roommates. rose and i share a bedroom, and masha, ashley, and danielle share a bedroom. we have no common room, just a tiny hallway where the door to our bathroom is. i sleep with earplugs because the street noise keeps me up at night. yay for ambulances and taxi horns and crazy people and drunk college students at all hours of the night. also, our door locks when you close it, so we deadbolt it open when everyone's around in the evenings and stuff so people can come in and out, and if we leave, we don't need to take our key.
story: friday night I come back to the room around 2:30am, find rose completely passed out in bed, and masha and danielle up with some of the girls from our floor eating taco bell. ashley's not in the room, but then comes back, sits down, then gets up and leaves five minutes later. around 3:15 i decide it's time to go to sleep. around 4:45 i wake up to masha shaking my shoulders, saying something. i pull out my ear plugs and she is saying, "nina, nina, get up, danielle and ashley are fistfighting!" i thought it was a joke, and told her that i'd deal with it in the morning, then roll over to go back to sleep. two minutes later i realize she probably wasn't kidding and jump out of bed. i go and sit on masha's bed and the other two girls come back with two RAs, and ashley is packing a bag to leave.
apparently, danielle had gone to sleep around when i did, then woken up about half an hour later and seen that the door was still open, and decided to close it for our safety, and so drunk/coked up/on whatever kids wouldn't wander in and wake us up. ashley apparently hadn't brought her key, and started banging on the door around 4:15, and going to the room across the hall screaming that she was locked out. she's making a huge scene, waking up lots of kids on the floor, but just not us, because our door is so far from our bedrooms. someone even calls public safety on her. finally, danielle wakes up, thinking that there is an earthquake or gunshots or something, opens the door, and ashley goes ripshit on her, saying that danielle did this on purpose, and that she can't stand her, and starts charging at danielle, who's backing up. when they get to the doorway of the bedroom, ashley raises her arm to push past danielle, and danielle thought she was going to hit her, so she pushed ashley away. then an all out rumble ensued, both of them on the floor, hair-pulling, shirt-grabbing, kicking, scratching, and banging heads against walls. finally ashley runs down the hall to get the RA, and the RA on duty comes out of the elevator at the same time. they are still screaming at each other. ashley is saying, "I HATE YOU! YOU COMPLAIN SO MUCH! YOU ARE DROPPING OUT OF NYU AND I CAN'T FUCKING BELIEVE THAT! I'VE WORKED SEVEN YEARS TO GET HERE! YOU LEAVING IS A PERSONAL ATTACK ON ME!" (danielle is leaving at the end of the semester because she is paying for college herself, and she doesn't want to be in debt for the rest of her life, and her parents offered to pay if she went to a state school after she got here.) ..... um.... she's nuts.
then ashley the next day decides to move out, which is going to make our room a lot cleaner. she came back last night to pack her essentials. i went to brush my teeth last night, and i saw my toothpaste was missing. Rose's was still there, and Masha and Danielle keep theirs in their room. Then I realized that I had never seen more that two tubes of toothpaste. Not only did the bitch steal my toothpaste, she's been using it all along!
there's been major drama in Brittany 307, but it's been excellent fodder for many laughs. next time someone complains about a roommate, i'm just going to ask them, did she brawl with another one of your roomates? okay, didn't think so.
(ps, i'll be home this weekend.)
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[12 Sep 2006|09:58am] |
sometimes a good, healthy dose of running away (to caitlin nonetheless) is all one needs to revive themselves. i hate my spanish class, but i'm a fan of the rest. even statistics, but that's just because i don't have to pay attention to know what i'm doing.
i spill/drop things all the time! and lose school supplies by the dozen. i think the ghost in my building doesn't like me very much.
it's fall. i want to apple-pick. the only apple-picking i've been doing is stealing them from dining halls. i'll be home briefly the weekend of the 22nd.
IS ANYONE COMING TO THE DARFUR RALLY HERE ON SUNDAY!??!! call me and we can meet up before hand!
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[25 Aug 2006|03:13pm] |
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nothing really feels real yet. i'm in this big (really, it's quite large) room/suite/thing all by my onesies in the middle of this city. it's so strange to think that a week ago (a few days ago!) i was woken up early in the morning by the birds- not taxi horns, sirens, car alarms, the subway, and random screaming people. i set up the room quite to my liking, and my bed is comfortable. when i look out one of my windows i see the street signs for Broadway and E 10th St, a Chase bank, a Gap, an Ann Taylor Loft, a Blockbuster, and random apt buildings. My other window looks directly at a really pretty old church. my suitemates window is covered by a tree (YAY TREES), and our shower window is so cool from the outside. don't worry, it's opaque. i've painted a homeless shelter and packaged food at a foodbank. i've shopped and smoked hookah and ate magnolia cupcakes. (if you've never had magnolia cupcakes, i am so sorry. go asap to the corner of w11th and bleecker st.) all my stuff keeps falling off the walls, and i think it may be the ghost that lives in my building. i've met people who like politics and wearing dresses and good music and interesting food and alcohol and books and some of them are STRAIGHT BOYS which is a miracle all in itself. my room is still a mess with boxes and all sorts of random crap. i don't feel like i actually left.
EDIT:
I have now seen two transvestites, one prostitute, one giant rat, went to the illest poetry slam on the lower east side, and figured out where to get booze. WORD.
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[04 Aug 2006|02:08am] |
i don't like to think about it, but i do. the end is near, or the end of things as i know them. in reality, that died about two months ago. things are so different now.
i have blisters all over my feet. i sorted cellphone bills all day. i drove around aimlessly last night, and stopped to take pictures of the sunset over a stream. nothing's finite, but nothing is futile.
and i'm always up for coffee.
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[01 Jul 2006|04:00pm] |
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i survived while kids were at bonnaroo and i made friends at orientation! i'm excited for my classes, especially my frosh honors seminar. i went to maine and re-centered myself and was reminded of the general goodness some people possess. i've stargazed and gone to the beach and swang on swings.
but basically, i've been living lushly.
i know i'll look back on things and say "oh goodness" and bury my head in my hands, but i think i'll be smiling. then again, things could catch up with me earlier than i expect, but right now i'm just going to live my life, okaythanks.
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[15 Jun 2006|03:10pm] |
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things are going really well. knock on wood. i love summer and not working yet and partying to the max and not giving a shit about anything! ever!
i like that my parents still make me a birthday sign and now i can legally drive past midnight. i'm excited about this week and orientation and going to college and not disliking anyone (except mad crazy bitch ass hoes). i know in a few days i'll get whiny that everyone except me is at bonnaroo and i won't see them for two weeks but i'll get over it.
i just hope it doesn't rain!
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[30 May 2006|02:07pm] |
NINA'S LIST OF AWESOME:
1. prom (ie, ted, dancing)
2. andre
3. ice packs
4. 36 hours straight
5. the beach
6. bacaaadi and cola
7. nomorehighschoolevereverever
8. SUMMER
9. ten.
everything's been (mostly) awesome, and here's to it staying that way.
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[01 May 2006|08:29am] |
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things i did this weekend:
1. partied in a short dress and four-inch heels (awesome awesome)
2. avoided studying statistics (i'm royally fucked.)
3. slept for over 12 hours on saturday night (delicious)
4. got lost in chinatown with my mother (i don't like dead ducks in windows)
5. facebook'd (forever)
6. researched what classes i'm going to try to take next year (eek!)
7. started getting REALLY excited about NYU. (really excited. like dance around the kitchen excited.)
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[16 Apr 2006|11:37pm] |
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so my final count is 6-7-5 which is pretty good, considering. i need to stop shopping and start making decisions because i'm pretty broke and i still have 2 pairs of shoes to go.
my mother is already planning my post-undergrad education. we laughed today for a good 15 minutes about getting stuck in a belizean river in a canoe last summer. at the time it wasn't funny but i like how time changes things.
does anyone want to come to the statehouse with me on tuesday? it'd be late morning to afternoon. we're rallying for the bill i helped develop that would establish teen mental health drop-in centers in urban areas across the state. free JP Licks ice cream!!! i'd love it if you'd come.
i just feel so much better about everything when i'm wearing a dress.
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[02 Apr 2006|11:07pm] |
i can't even find the right shoes. it shouldn't be that hard but it is. i feel really strange making a decision about four years of my life. it's all on me if i fuck up.
this weekend was...silly. i think.
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[23 Mar 2006|04:10pm] |
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spring has sprung!!!
oh, and...
dear nyu,
if you reject me now, after all this, i will take a fung wah bus and run the entirety of the admissions department over.
love,
nina
and...
dear other colleges to which i applied,
at this point, i'd really just like to receive all my letters, whether or not i get in (or faux-jected). not knowing is killing me, and i hate stalking my mailbox.
thanks,
nina
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[20 Mar 2006|06:11pm] |
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the short of it is that coffeehouse was a nightmare, i didn't go home this weekend, i love dresses, and getting fauxjected is strange. of course i got new shoes, though.
i just want to make things better!
edit: slurpees and bad rap make EVERYTHING better. well not everything, but me right now.
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[05 Mar 2006|09:02am] |
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i like to measure weeks as the time between saturdays. last saturday, for example, i played 123098201938 games of beirut with my brother (who basically rocks more than people understand) and his friends, got two gold stars (how can getting gold stars not make you feel good?!), and woke up the next day without a hangover. don't ask me how, i couldn't tell you. so this week started off well, then who the hell knows what happened (columbian whores, midget/oldman sex...), then ted leo, which was a disaster and a half, but a marettbentlycareycrunkfest is always fun and almost made up for it, but now i'm hungover and have to go to a college stupid thing.
i feel like i've been hibernating and i'm starting to emerge. but maybe not, because hibernating is really not that bad, no mo'drama no no no mo'drama. only a few more months... that's basically what's keeping me going.
call me sometime.
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[13 Feb 2006|07:32pm] |
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today, over dinner, the conversation turned to the bible as my parents and i tried to remember the names of all 12 of jacob's sons (Ashed, Gad, Issachar, Naphtali, Joseph, Benjamin, Levi, Reuben, Simeon, Dan, Judah and Zebulun, if you were wondering.) then, i was flipping through my tanakh and started reading ecclesiastes and i think you should stop reading livejournal and start reading ecclesiastes because it is amusing. basically, it's the most pessimistic thing ever written. my dad and i decided my mother had a hand in writing it. i especially liked chapter 2, where it pretty much says "life sucks because everyone dies."
maybe it should be depressing, but i feel pretty awesome right now. i hope you had a good day, too.
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[28 Jan 2006|11:54pm] |
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tonight we adventured to so many towns! natick, framingham, dover, sherborn, wellesley! it made my toes cold. but i had fun.
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[03 Jan 2006|07:06pm] |
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my vacation ended the same way it started, which sucks. the middle kinda sucked, too. i'm so in a rut.
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[02 Jan 2006|10:59pm] |
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( happy new year in a classy (80s) style )
here's 2005 in twelve sentences!
january i decided to take first semester pass/fail. in february i got mono and watched an innumerable number of law and order episodes. in march i started rowing again. april i visited my first colleges and drank my first margarita and had the most amazing TLTW meeting ever. in may i quit rowing and felt pretty at prom. in june i went to lake boone lots and lots of time, including at night, and max got in a verbal fight with a drunk man on a boat. in july i started working and realized i'd make a good business person. i went to belize in august and really had fun with my parents! in september i started worrying about college. i got drunk in the day time for the first time, applied to my first college, and didn't go home for fourish days in october. in november i worried about colleges and had the best thanksgiving ever. i sent out my 17th, and last, application in december.
here's what i hope for 2006!
i want to get in to college, not be really sad when i leave, be excited when i come home and excited to go back to school, stay in touch, and relax more. i want to sleep more, and be healthier, too.
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[18 Dec 2005|10:44am] |
yesterday i had a teens leading the way meeting in holyoke which is really far but i love teens leading the way. my friend MJ is leaving to become a congressional page so I am now the media committee coordinator which means twice the work but it's worth it.
i made christmas cards. holiday cards, whatever. if you want me to send you one, leave me a comment. i have a million.
last night i hung out with sean crow and we went out to dinner and had to wait forever so we played with a ll the random useless/awesome items they have at brookstones. then kate met us and sean decided he wanted harvard square cake but then he decided he wasn't adventurous to go so we had to convince him and we got a slice of the largest cake known to man. you know matilda by roald dahl? and how there's that boy who steals the Trunchbull's chocolate cake and then the Trunchbull makes the boy eat the entire cake in front of the school? well this cake was as big as the movie's depiction. as in huge.
i'm almost done with college apps and it's almost christmas vacation, which means it's almost second semester. i'm almost not stressed!
i'm using new hair stuff and it smells EXACTLY like the bubble table at the children's museum in boston. anyone up for trips to boston area museums over vacation? I want to go to the children's museum and the MFA and the gardner museum and the science museum.
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[27 Nov 2005|06:51pm] |
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this break was awesome and i needed it and it rocked. hardxcore. i saw people i haven't seen in a while and no one i've seen recently. i slept at least ten hours for four nights in a row which seems like more sleep than i have gotten all year combined. my brother! i have a brother! i forgot what that was like! solid.
oh, and i saw walk the line and rent. i wish i could sing.
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i had a bad day and it's not my fault for once and i'm really just feeling generally blah about everything and not excited about anything, not teens leading the way, or getting into college (i won't be a hobo next year!), or that it was a beautiful day, or that laguna beach is on commercial free tonight. i'm sick of conflict and ignorance and people not listening or understanding or anything. i'm sick of being forgetful and seemingly irresponsible even though i actually do care. i hate how my weather bug pops up with "weekday weather" on mondays because it makes the weekend seem so far away. poo.
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